Re: util-linux and distro bootstrap, dependencies and build cycles

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

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On Tue 12 Aug 2014 22:15:31 Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Mon 11 Aug 2014 16:47:11 Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> > > Solution 1:
> > > 
> > > Modify make system by adding:
> > > --enable-build-stage-1: Distro bootstrap stage 1: Build only code
> > >     without systemd and python dependencies.
> > > --enable-build-stage-2: Distro bootstrap stage 2: Build code with
> > >     systemd dependencies (even if they are optional). Use installed
> > >     instances of libmount, libblkid, libsmartcols and libuuidd, do not
> > >     build them in-tree.
> > > --enable-build-stage-3: Distro bootstrap stage 3: Build python-libmount
> > >     only. Use installed instance of libmount, do not build them in-tree.
> > 
> > how is this any different from just passing --without-{udev,python} ?
> 
> --without-systemd still builds the same set of binaries, just without
> support of systemd. It does not allow to exclude lslogins, logger and
> uuidd and build them later.
> 
> --with-python builds complete util-linux and libraries plus python
> bindings, not bindings only.

i'm not seeing the problem.  disable both, and you've broken the circular 
deps.  every day Gentoo is doing bootstraps of the distro and this isn't an 
issue for us.
-mike

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